What is the average commute in Laurel CDP, Virginia?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Laurel CDP, Virginia work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · VA · GEOID 51442802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laurel, Virginia

Name: Commute estimates for Laurel CDP, Virginia
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 15.7% worked from home, 69.9% drove alone, and 6.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±3.9 min MOE

Worked from home15.7%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone69.9%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.5%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Laurel CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.8 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute21.1 min → 24.0 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.9% → 15.7%▲ 6.8 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.3% → 1.2%▲ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 69.9%▼ 10.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Laurel CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.9%; 1.2% used public transit and 15.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.9% ±4.8 pp

Carpool10.7% ±3.3 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.0 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home15.7% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 10,061 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Laurel CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 45th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

45^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Laurel CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,061 workers age 16+, including 8,477 workers with reported travel time and 1,584 home workers.

Population estimate18,721± 1,377 MOE

Workers age 16+10,061± 853 MOE

Workers with travel time8,477± 861 MOE

Estimated home workers1,584± 309 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Virginia commute records for Laurel CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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